Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2.
below):

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Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

On March 7, 2012, FairPoint Communications, Inc. (the Company) issued a press release reporting the financial results for its fourth quarter ended December 31, 2011 and the year
ended December 31, 2011 (the Earnings Release). A copy of the Earnings Release is attached to this Current Report as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein solely for purposes of this Item 2.02 disclosure.

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits

ExhibitNumber

Description

99.1

Earnings Release

The information in this Current Report, including the exhibits attached hereto, is being furnished and shall not be
deemed filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of such section. The information in this Current Report, including
the exhibits, shall not be incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, regardless of any incorporation by reference language in any such filing.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

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